**To describe a service** The following ``describe-services`` example retrieves details for the ``my-http-service`` service in the default cluster. :: aws ecs describe-services --services my-http-service Output:: { "services": [ { "status": "ACTIVE", "taskDefinition": "arn:aws:ecs:us-west-2:123456789012:task-definition/amazon-ecs-sample:1", "pendingCount": 0, "loadBalancers": [], "desiredCount": 10, "createdAt": 1466801808.595, "serviceName": "my-http-service", "clusterArn": "arn:aws:ecs:us-west-2:123456789012:cluster/default", "serviceArn": "arn:aws:ecs:us-west-2:123456789012:service/my-http-service", "deployments": [ { "status": "PRIMARY", "pendingCount": 0, "createdAt": 1466801808.595, "desiredCount": 10, "taskDefinition": "arn:aws:ecs:us-west-2:123456789012:task-definition/amazon-ecs-sample:1", "updatedAt": 1428326312.703, "id": "ecs-svc/1234567890123456789", "runningCount": 10 } ], "events": [ { "message": "(service my-http-service) has reached a steady state.", "id": "a1b2c3d4-5678-90ab-cdef-11111EXAMPLE", "createdAt": 1466801812.435 } ], "runningCount": 10 } ], "failures": [] } For more information, see `Services <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonECS/latest/developerguide/ecs_services.html>`_ in the *Amazon ECS Developer Guide*.